Writing Effective Conference Proposal
Tuesday, November 1, 8:00 – 9:00 pm Central Time (via Zoom)
On Tuesday, November 1, 8:00 – 9:00 PM, OLDP Student Research Conference launched one of our first OLPD Graduate Student Professional Development Workshops focused on developing significant proposals to present your work at academic and professional conferences in the field. If you missed our workshop, check out our recorded video here:
We also want to share some of the advice our outstanding presenters presented.
- Karen Miksch, one of the faculty from the Higher Education track, encouraged the students to become proposal reviewers and brought up one experience from American Education Research Association, where participants were given strong and concise reviews on their works while learning to draft their own for others, allowing a more robust learning environment.
- One of the postdocs from our Comparative and International Development Education Track, Maria Gutierrez De Jesus, believes that there are significant benefits in reading and reviewing the abstracts of others while tapping into the sources available from the conferences they are part of or want to apply for.
- Faculty from the Human Resource Development track, Sehoon Kim, stated that “One of the benefits of reviewing other papers is you get to see the criteria. With those criteria handy, you can apply them to your conference proposals as you will have a better understanding of the criteria, so you already have an advantage over other people.“.
- Aditi Rajendren, the postdoc from the Education Policy and Leadership Track, also added that there is a trade-off between creative wording and taking advantage of the keywords used in the conference or publication house. It is best to learn to use those languages as part of the acknowledgement that we know the conferences and publication direction.
Writing Effective SRC Proposals
Tuesday, November 8, 8:00-9:00 pm Central Time (via Zoom)
In our second workshop, we addressed the conference-specific requirements and reviewed criteria for those interested in developing proposals for the OLPD Student Research Conference in February. The workshop provided an overview of the changes that have taken place over the years regarding the conference and the criteria associated with the theme. We recommend you view the workshop recording and familiarize yourself with the conference expectations.
Reviewing Conference Proposals
Thursday, November 17, 8:00-9:00 pm Central Time (via Zoom)
Student Research Conference presented a workshop with Dr. John LaVelle on how to review conference proposals. This workshop was for students interested in learning about how the review process works, the differences between reviewing proposals for a conference and reviewing an article for a journal, and some tips to consider when writing your proposals. The video will be made available soon.